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SHOULDER BEACH.

No. 482,768. Patented Sept. 20, 1892.

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SHOULDER BRAGE.

No. 482,768. Patented Sept. 20, 1892.

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WVILHELM JULIUS TEUFEL, OF STUTTGART, GERMANY.

SHOULDER-BRACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,768, dated September 20, 1892. Application filed April 25, 1891. Serial No. 390,427. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILHELM JULIUS TEU- FEL, a citizen of the German Empire, and a resident of Stuttgart, in the Kingdom of Wurtemberg and Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoulder-Braces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved shoulder-brace of that class which is applied to the back of children and other persons by means of shoulder-straps, so as to produce a pressure on the back between the shoulders and a backward strain on the shoulders; and the invention consists of a shoulder-brace formed of two sections, each composed of a vertical strap, a fixed spring extending laterally from said strap, converging springs extending from the vertical strap toward the end of the fixed spring, said converging springs being guided on a pin of the fixed spring, and shoulderstraps connected to the outer ends of the fixed spring, the vertical straps of both sections being connected by short transverse pieces, which are riveted to said straps, as will be fully described hereinafter, and finally pointed'out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved shoulder-brace, showing the same at tached to the body. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same, drawn on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of shoulder-brace, showing the same extended to the lower part or small of the back; and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 4 4, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My improved shoulder-brace is formed of two main sections A and A, each of which is formed of a vertical strap a, two converging steel springs b b, which are pivoted to the strap a, and a middle laterally-extending spring I), which is riveted to the strap a and connected with the outer ends of the pivoted springs by means of a pin b that takes into slots 1) at the outer ends of the converging springs, as shown clearly in Fig.

2. The springs b and b have a slightly-outward curvature, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the tension of the same has to be overcome when the brace is attached by the shoulderstraps B B to the body. The shoulder-straps B B are attached to the outer ends of the springs and to the webbing covering of the same. The sections A A are connected by two or more transverse pieces d d, which are riveted to the longitudinal straps a, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In some cases it is desirable to extend the straps to a to the lower part or small of the back, in which case the lower ends of the straps are connected by an additional piece cl, while the lower ends of the sections A A are provided with a waist band C O, as shown in Fig. 3. The different straps and springs that form the shoul der-brace are covered in a suitable manner, so as to be protected against corrosion, and inclosed by a suitable webbing, which is lined and finished in the ordinary manner. When the shoulder-brace is attached to the body, the strain of the outwardly-curved springs produces by the shoulder-straps the backward pulling of the shoulders, while a forward pressure is imparted to the middle part of the back, both springs producing the erect position of the body, a throwing back of the shoulders, an expansion of the chest, and a tendency to hold the shoulders in a horizontal position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A shoulder-brace composed of two sections connected by short transverse pieces, each section being formed of a vertical strap, a fixed spring extending laterally from said strap, converging springs extending also from the vertical straps toward the fixed spring, the inner ends of the converging springs being pivoted to the vertical strap, while the outer ends are applied to the fixed spring, and shoulder-straps at the outer ends of the fixed and converging springs, substantially as set forth.

2. Ashoulderbrace formed of two sections, each section being composed of a vertical strap, a fixed laterally-extending spring attached to the vertical strap, converging springs, the inner ends of which are pivoted In testimony that I claim the foregoing as to said strap and connected by their outer my invention Ihave signed my name in presslotted ends with a pin on the fixed spring, ence of two subscribing witnesses. shoulder-straps attached to the outer ends of WILHELM JULIUS TEUFEL.

5 the fixed spring, and short transverse pieces Witnesses:

connecting the vertical straps of both sec- PAUL GOEPEL, tions, substantially as set forth. A. M. BAKER. 

